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VIDEO: Diverse lessons from New Zealand farms

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Shannon VanRaes wraps up her visit to New Zealand at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists

By Shannon VanRaes October 26, 2015

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Shannon VanRaes wraps up her visit to the southern hemisphere by reflecting on what she has seen and learned during her time in New Zealand. From dairy aspirations and the TPP, to the country’s export philosophy and horticulture, Kiwi farmers offer a perspective on agriculture that is both in sync and at

Dairy cattle, Opinion

Editorial: Positioning to thrive

By Laura Rance-Unger October 19, 2015

Canada’s dairy farmers are wise to tread carefully as they consider how to position their industry in the face of rising imports due to trade and technology. The oh-so-tempting reaction that comes immediately to mind would be to seek replacement of the sector’s protective tariff wall, which is gradually being eroded, with a non-tariff barrier

Dairy cattle, Livestock

VIDEO: Low milk prices means caution when investing in new dairy technology

Expensive improvements could make it hard for New Zealand's dairy producers to stay competitive

By Shannon VanRaes October 16, 2015

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Shannon VanRaes speaks with Jenny Jago, a manager at DairyNZ, on the farm of John Fisher. His operation recently expanded to add 4 robotic milkers on the 80 Hectare farm –located on New Zealand’s North Island, in the Waikato region – where 320 cows are milked each day. A recent and significant drop in

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Common cattle virus linked to breast cancer in women

A high percentage of women with breast cancer has been exposed to the bovine leukemia virus (BLV)

By University Of California October 6, 2015

Researchers with University of California, Berkeley, are exploring a link between a common bovine virus and breast cancer in women. In a study analyzing 239 tissue samples from women diagnosed with breast cancer, scientists found 59 per cent had been exposed to the bovine leukemia virus (BLV) compared to 29 per cent of tissue samples

Beef cattle, Cereals, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Markets

Market access, income supports come with Trans-Pacific pact

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 5, 2015

Canada’s federal government has pledged a suite of compensation programs for supply-managed dairy, poultry and egg sectors, against what it promises will be a mousehole in Canada’s tariff wall. Federal officials on Monday confirmed negotiations have concluded on the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership, now billed as “the largest, most ambitious free trade initiative in history.” The

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Election shifts attention to trade deal as race narrows

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News October 5, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters –– Trailing in second place with two weeks left before Canada’s election, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a new trade deal Monday that largely protects the key agricultural voting bloc, putting pressure on opponents who had hoped to have more to attack. Harper touted the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a good deal

TPP trade ministers, shown here in July in Maui, have meetings in Atlanta on Wednesday and Thursday. (USTR.gov)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

TPP trade ministers push to wrap up ambitious trade deal

By GFM Network News September 30, 2015

Atlanta | Reuters — Pacific trade ministers readied on Wednesday to close the biggest trade deal in a generation but warned there was still work to be done on issues ranging from intellectual property to trade in dairy and automobiles. Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said ministers from the 12 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, shown here in February in Brampton, Ont., said farmers and processors would be “compensated” for losses incurred through any increased market access granted under a TPP deal. (Agr.gc.ca)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Canada to pay farmers for any losses under TPP deal, Ritz says

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel September 30, 2015

Reuters — Canadian farmers will receive government compensation for any losses resulting from a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, the country’s agriculture minister said Wednesday in a discussion about the nation’s protected farm sectors. The U.S., New Zealand and Australia want Canada to start dismantling a system of supply and import controls over dairy, poultry

Livestock, Markets

Japan anxious at lull in Trans-Pacific trade talks

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 11, 2015

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan has expressed concern about a loss of momentum in talks on a pan-Pacific trade pact, after participants failed to agree to meet again this month to try to clinch a deal that would cover 40 per cent of the global economy. Ministers from the 12 nations negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Dairy farmers milk politics of Pacific trade pact

By Allison Lampert, GFM Network News, Rod Nickel August 10, 2015

Reuters — New Zealand dairy farmers have a message for their Canadian counterparts, who worry a Pacific trade deal will throw them on the mercy of world markets and devastate their industry: It’s not so bad. But heavily protected Canadian farmers have reason for skepticism. A deadlock over dairy has emerged as one of the

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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VIDEO: Diverse lessons from New Zealand farms

Editorial: Positioning to thrive

VIDEO: Low milk prices means caution when investing in new dairy technology

Common cattle virus linked to breast cancer in women

Market access, income supports come with Trans-Pacific pact

Election shifts attention to trade deal as race narrows

TPP trade ministers push to wrap up ambitious trade deal

Canada to pay farmers for any losses under TPP deal, Ritz says

Japan anxious at lull in Trans-Pacific trade talks

Dairy farmers milk politics of Pacific trade pact

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